Leon peaked out from behind his thick green bed curtains and gave a look around. He was currently barefoot, his socks were on his bed next to them and boy, did they stink. He had his action figures out and was pretending that they were defeating a stinky sock monster, but the muttering of the older boys conversation was making him curious. He wasn't trying to eavesdrop on them, but even though he was near the other wall, he could hear bits and pieces. From the looks of it, all the other boys were much older than he was. He wondered if any of them would even want to play action figures with him.

He eased off his bed, his bared feet on the cold stone padding softly over to the group.

He waited for a brief break in the conversation.

He climbed slowly out of his bed and